Chris Elvis Leisi a researcher, game designer and artist based in Switzerland. He works as a lecturer in the Game Design program and as a researcher at the Immersive Arts Space at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). His work focuses on artistic design research, with a focus on social interaction in co-present multiuser Extended Reality (XR). He completed both his Bachelor’s (2019) and Master’s degree (2021) in Game Design at ZHdK. Chris is co-founder of ArchLevel GmbH, where he develops and publishes consumer-oriented XR experiences and computer games.

He is currently seeking PhD opportunities in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), game design, and XR technologies, and actively welcomes contacts who can share information on relevant programs, positions, or research directions.

Selected Publications:

Zeller, Ludwig; Leisi, Chris Elvis (2025): Modular Observers: OpenSoundLab and PatchWorld as Case Studies for Emerging Practices of Modular Synthesis in Extended Realities. Under review for Organized Sound, Volume 30, Issue 3 (New Strategies for Music Notation and Representation in Electroacoustic Music), Cambridge University Press.

Leisi, Chris Elvis; Götz, Ulrich (2024): Virtual Real Spaces: In-Home Gaming Experiences Bridging Reality and Virtuality. In Companion Proceedings of the 2024 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY Companion 24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 157–162.